flushing
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/ˈflʌʃɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To cause to take flight from concealment.“The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.”
- To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.“A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”
verb
- To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.“Flush the injury with plenty of water.”
- Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.“The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.”
- To cause to blush.
noun
- The act by which something is flushed.“We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.”
noun
- A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
- A surface formed of floating threads.
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Synonyms
blushflowerbuffblossombloomrushrosinessrednessreddencrimsonscourburnishfurbishinflammationgushoutpouring